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Contacts
– 142
Equipment
- Radio – Yaesu FT-DX10
Antenna
– MFJ-1979 Whip mounted on truck trailer hitch
Bioenno
BLF-1230A LiFePO4 Battery
 Entrance
to one of the boat ramp areas in the park. This is where we
activated.
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 Operating
Location
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 Nancy
- KY4YL running the pileup
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 Paul
- ND4X
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 Yaesu
FT-DX10 running mobile
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 We
use a RJ-45 Coupler, which lets you use two microphones on the
FT-DX10. Sure makes it easier in a pileup than handing the one
microphone to another operator for each contact.
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 Operating
vehicle, and the vertical whip is almost camouflaged by the
trees in the background. The whip is removed while traveling
and stored in a short PVC tube.
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 Here
you can see the vertical whip antenna mounted to a trailer
hitch. The 16.9 foot whip collapses to 27 inches and covers 20
through 6 meters.
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 Extreme
southern end of Jonathan Creek off of KY Lake.
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 Looking
north into the Jonathan Creek Bay, which joins KY Lake. The
water is extremely low at this time of year getting ready for
Winter.
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 Kentucky
Lake Wildlife Management Area includes several geographic
locations along the shore and bays of Kentucky Lake. The WMA
includes 4,043 acres.
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 The
old Highway 68, Eggner Ferry Bridge (built in 1932) after being
struck by cargo vessel MV Delta Mariner that was full of
aviation parts on January 25, 2012. This is just outside
Kentucky Lake WMA POTA K-10140, crossing over Kentucky Lake
into Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area POTA
K-3792. See map to the left.
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 Highway
68 leaving the Jonathan Creek / Aurora area. This is the new
bridge spanning Kentucky Lake, entering into the Golden Pond
area of Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area which
is POTA Park K-3792.
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POTA
Activation
Number
23
2023-10-23
K-10140
Kentucky
Lake Wildlife Management Area
Hardin,
KY
Grid
EM56vs
Marshall
County, Kentucky
All
QSOs were on 14.277 MHz, USB
KY4YL
and I were the first two activators of the new POTA Park
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